RENDEZVOUS AT THE FORT - The Fort Wilderness DISMeet Trip Report October 2020

[tiggerdad]

We just rolled in. No issues along way. I did get to honk at @garneska as they were entering rest area. No vehicle fires, however there was a mail truck on I75 that had crashed in median and spilled its cargo of mail. Everyone seemed okay.

We stopped at Dothan exit on I10 for lunch and topped off at Bucees (still $1.84 a gallon for diesel).

In mail when I got home was a thank you card for ALL of us. I posted it on the chit chat thread, I'd like for everyone to take a look.

Gotta get unpacked. I'll post a few pics from trip that were not previously posted.

I also updated the rocking chair thread, but I'll have to see if it gets council approval.

 

[Teamubr]

A long, long day of driving is complete.

We rolled out of our site right at 0630 this morning. Thank you Ed for the send off. It was nice seeing you one last time.

Traffic was a typical Saturday with people heading home from the beaches and Disney. Michael and Kris documented the slow downs we had through to Atlanta. We have one more big slow down south of Nashville, but we still made it home by 9:15 StL time, so 10:15 Disney time. For those doing the clock math, 15 hours 45 minutes for the 1003 miles. When we rolled out, Google said it would take 14:59. We stopped 3 times. 2 for food and bathroom and 1 for fuel. Overall we made pretty good time considering the wrecks/fires slowing things down along the way.

I'll pull out some of the best pics from all of our phones tomorrow and post some more on here.

I'm tired and need some sleep now.

j

 

[garneska]

@Teamubr was hoping you got through atlanta before the fun started. We were an hour behind you. @tigger92662 was 1.5 hours behind me so hoping some of it cleared up. 75 was just awful yesterday afternoon.

 

[tigger92662]

Took @garneska advice and took 285 west bypass. People still waited til last minute to merge in construction zone, but overall not too bad. This morning finds us in Murfreesboro TN as we head out for the rest of the drive home

 

[PaHunter]

Well we will be hitting the road shortly for another travel day, today our destination is Fort Chiswell RV park in VA. Google showing just over 5 hours travel today. I figure maybe 6. Everyone travel safe and I have some pictures to post tonight as I am hotspotting here. Tonight will have solid wi-fi.

 

[Stratman50th]

Yes at the TCD barn. I bought it at the Pony Ride counter and it was $15.99 plus tax IIRC.
Go get DW one, Stratman50th!

Ed

Thanks so much Ed!
We scored 2. One for DW and the other for DD.

 

[Brett Wyman]

Well Atlanta blows. There was a car on fire

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through the city a mess. Taking 285 around on the West side construction will add 25 minutes but still faster than 75

live been traveling between Florida and Atlanta via i75 for about 20 years. For some reason the stretch north of Macon about 30-60 miles south of Atlanta is like the frickin Bermuda Triangle for highway wrecks. I honestly can’t recall a time when we were driving home that a wreck south of 675 didn’t cause major backup.

 

[Part-Time Paradise]

Ed, really enjoyed the mega comprehensive bike tours you've posted in this thread.

Safe travels to the rest on the road.

 

[Stratman50th]

Kinda sad. No long lines at Hoopdedo. No Trails End. No long lines hanging around to get in. We did get the fried chicken 8 piece meal at P&Js.

 

[Bishoparc]

Well I “turned the lights off” on the 1100 loop around 9:07A CDT this morning and just pulled in to the house at 5:07P CDT. Unfortunately I picked up some kind of bug while down there. Glad to be home but greatly enjoyed our time with everyone.

@PaHunter, looks like I took a couple of casualties myself. Lost the lid to my propane tanks and the part of my sway bar that attaches to the truck’s hitch broke in half

 

[bama_ed]

Well I “turned the lights off” on the 1100 loop around 9:07A CDT this morning and just pulled in to the house at 5:07P CDT. Unfortunately I picked up some kind of bug while down there. Glad to be home but greatly enjoyed our time with everyone.

Arc, did you hear me honk the horn twice this morning as we pulled out past your site at 615am? Nobody was in Teamubr's site last night and there is no site at all on the other side of you so I figured what the heck.

We just got home. Will unpack tomorrow. May add a short post tonight.

Ed

 

[PaHunter]

So today we made it to VA, one slowdown for about thirty minutes. Tomorrow is about six hours to home.

 

[himandher818]

Well I have made it home now, and got the important stuff unpacked( fridge and computer).

We left Eagle's Roost at .... 10:58 this morning. Kinda creepy in a groundhog day kinda way (see post #610 above).

Atlanta was typical, slow down. and stop, cruise at 35mph, repeat. I never saw why, but then again I watching the tail lights in front of me and trying to make sure I was in correct lane at the correct time.

Pulled into the driveway at home just before 5:00.

Time to start planning the trip.

 

[garneska]

Great pics @PaHunter!

 

[4077]

So today we made it to VA, one slowdown for about thirty minutes. Tomorrow is about six hours to home.
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On that last pic I thought for a moment Ed was following you home... lol.

 

[FtW Mike]

Chris, Michael, and Don all great pics

 

[tiggerdad]

Unfortunately I picked up some kind of bug while down there.

Uhhh, you mean like saw it on the ground and picked it up...?

 

[FtW Mike]

Uhhh, you mean like saw it on the ground and picked it up...?

Sadly Michael I suspect he is referring to whatever version of the DISNEY CREEPING CRAWLIG CRUD is currently active. I hope it is not what I came home with. Full Blown Pneumonia that it took Docs 5 days and 6 different antibiotics to get under control.

 

[tigger92662]

Arrived home about 5:30pm.
Welcome back to the midwest.
Rainy and dismal through upper Indiana.
Cleared up by the time we got home and was welcomed with this, though it is 40 degrees

Doggie was tired from all the driving

And kitty had enough when we got home

DW's boyfriend gifted us with this for taking him along. Its a hanging spinny thing.

 

[tigger92662]

Lastly this afternoon, new folks started arriving and setting up in "our" sites. A Mississippi State fan (front truck license plate and t-shirt confirm) tried to back into tigger92662's site that he left this morning which is directly across from me and took out Teamubr's pumpkin I had adopted and the my light post.

Those dang Mississippi fans. What were they driving that they hit they light and squashed the punkin'?